Anticipation continues to build for this holiday season’s newPokemongames. But whilePokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearlare familiar experiences,Pokemon Legends: Arceuswill be introducing a setting and selection ofPokemonwith all manner of surprises. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of those surprises are already beginning to leak, despite months untilPokemon Legends: Arceus' launch. Specifically, three new Hisuian forms of classicPokemonhave leaked early.
The threePokemonthat have leaked early are Electrode, Sneasel, and Voltorb. ThesePokemonwill each feature a new region-specific form forPokemon Legends: Arceus' setting of Hisui. These Hisuian forms ofPokemonwill be more traditional than certain modernregional forms ofPokemon, which can tie into current technologies or unique aspects of culture in fun ways. These aren’t the only Hisuian forms added inPokemon Legends: Arceus, of course. They’re just what has been recently discovered.
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For example, the Hisuian Sneasel leak comes via an image. The image shows the silhouette of a strangePokemonwith a basket on its back climbing a mountain. ThisPokemon is described as a new Hisuian evolution forSneaseldubbed the “Climbing Pokemon.” The other twoPokemon, Electrode and Voltorb, don’t have pictures to accompany the news of their Hisuian forms. Instead, leakers pointed out that these twoPokemonwouldn’t fit very well inPokemon Legends: Arceus' setting.
In the same leak, a leaker provides some further information about The Pokemon Company’s plans forHisuian forms inPokemon Legends: Arceus. Twitter user demipokemon_ says that there will be 17 Hisuian forms of currently existing Pokemon, not counting evolutions. Further, there will be between 6 and 10 new HisuianPokemonor evolutions. Then, as a caveat, they add that no Hisuian form evolves into a new Pokemon. As such, Sneasel itself likely doesn’t have a Hisuian form, but rather has a Hisuian evolution.
Keep in mind that these leaks are completely unverified and thePokemonfranchisehas historically drawn a significant number of fake “leaks.” That said, these leaks are coming from leak-focused social media accounts, rather than anonymous posts on Reddit and other message boards. That doesn’t lend the leaks credence but does make them worth acknowledging.
WithPokemon Legends: Arceuslaunching in January 2022, there’s a lot of time left for The Pokemon Company to ramp up its marketing. As such, there may not be an official confirmation of these leaks for some time, especially if The Pokemon Company is focused on marketingPokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearl. Regardless, there’s clearly a lot forPokemonfans to be excited about.
Pokemon Legends: Arceusreleases January 28 on Nintendo Switch.
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